Year 12

by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda

The Personality of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is identical with and yet distinct from Śrī Kṛṣṇa. The activities of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya are therefore also identical with and yet distinct from the amorous pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa....

by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda

It is not necessary for Divinity to end the worldly sojourn of the conditioned soul to deliver him. That would be opposed to the purpose of divine descent....

by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda

We may be very simple in our habits, we may be very poor in our linguistic capacity, but when the transcendental Sound vibration reaches our ears, it will clear up all the dirt that has accumulated there by previously receiving mundane sound....

by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda

The special advice that Śrī Caitanyadeva has given to us about the easy way to get rid of desires, a way so natural to mankind, is nothing more than taking shelter of devotion....

by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda

Striving to be heroes, for the culture of brahma, or for oneness with God, is mere pretence connected with base selfishness...

by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda

The special advice that Śrī Caitanyadeva has given to us about the easy way to get rid of desires, a way so natural to mankind, is nothing more than taking shelter of devotion....

by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda

From the teachings of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, we learn the definition of the topmost form of pure, motiveless bhakti: such bhaktiis performed so that it is conducive to Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s well-being....

by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda

All persons are accustomed to worship the beautiful feet of God. But the conception that God is to supply our comforts and conveniences in exchange for worship is worthy of a shop-keeper....

by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda

It is first of all necessary to sit at the lotus feet of śrī guru and obey his commands. It is recognized that to obtain the capacity for all kinds of work or knowledge, or to fulfillany desires unrelated to Kṛṣṇa that can be fulfilled in this world – one must submit to a teacher....

by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda

One may take poison and die, but one should never keep company with a viṣayī and viṣaya (an enjoyer and the objects of worldly enjoyment). He who begins hari-bhajana (absorption in devotion to Śrī Hari) but again becomes entangled with the objects of enjoyment, ruins his life...

by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda

We should have firm faith in the Divinity. We are absolute infinitesimals, and we require association with the Absolute. If we express diffidence in doing so, we are likely to be entangled with the ephemeral matters of this world.... 

by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda

Our inner impulse should be to have access to that region where all objects offer us the special opportunity of having association with the Absolute. ...